St. Croix: Mostly cloudy with a little rain Easter morning and a high of 86
CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be mostly cloudy with a little rain in the morning and a high of 86, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will be partly cloudy…
France forced Haiti to pay for independence. 200 years later, should there be restitution?
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Miami Herald) — Two centuries ago this month, France pulled off one of history’s greatest armed extortions: After the first three leaders of a newly freed Haiti refused to…
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Holy week tradition: Miami Catholics gather to mark Good Friday ahead of Easter Sunday
MIAMI (Miami Herald) — About a hundred Miami Catholics walked the streets of Little River Friday afternoon for a longstanding Good Friday ritual: The procession of the cross to honor…
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China shipbuilders rip Trump’s ‘short-sighted’ US port fees
BEIJING (Reuters) — China's shipbuilders today blasted as "short-sighted" U.S. port fees announced by President Donald Trump's administration on China-linked ships, a measure aimed at the nation's shipbuilding industry. Trump…
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United States eases port fees on China-built ships after industry backlash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The Trump administration shielded on Thursday domestic exporters and vessel owners servicing the Great Lakes, the Caribbean and U.S. territories from port fees to be levied…
St. Croix: Times of sun and clouds, breezy, brief morning showers, high 87
CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be breezy and have times of sun and clouds, a brief morning shower or two is possible, expect a high of 87, AccuWeather said.…
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American shot dead after hijacking small plane in Belize
BELIZE CITY (CBS) — A U.S. veteran was fatally shot after he hijacked a small passenger plane in Belize on Thursday, officials in Belize and the U.S. confirmed. After the…
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U.S. to designate Haiti gangs as foreign terrorists, opening way to use Salvador prison
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Miami Herald) — Haitian gangs and individuals financing and arming them could soon find themselves labeled as “terrorists” and imprisoned in El Salvador’s notorious maximum-security prison, the same facility…
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Every day is 4/20 in the USVI, so having it fall on Easter is pretty OK, too
If you live in the U.S. Virgin Islands, you know that every day is 4/20 in the territory. But on the U.S. mainland, the fact that Easter Sunday falls on the same…
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A look at why an island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico and what caused it
SAN JUAN (AP) — An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico this week, leaving 1.4 million customers without power and more than 400,000 without water. It was the second massive outage to hit…